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Country | Bangladesh |
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Broadcast area | Nationwide |
Headquarters | Niketan, Gulshan-1, Dhaka |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Bengali |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for SDTV sets) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Asian Group of Industries |
History | |
Launched | 18 January 2013 |
Links | |
Website |
www |
Asian TV ( Bengali: এশিয়ান টিভি) is a Bangladeshi Bengali language satellite and cable television channel owned by the Asian Group of Industries. It began broadcasts on 18 January 2013, with the "Your Channel" slogan. [1] It broadcasts a selection of general entertainment programming.
Asian TV was formed by businessman Harun-ur-Rashid, as part of his Asian Group of Industries, which also includes Asian Radio, Asian Textile, Asian Fabrics, and Asian Yarn Dyeing. [2] The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission granted the channel a license to broadcast in June 2011. [3] [4] The logo of Asian TV was unveiled at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel in Dhaka on 20 June 2012. [5] It launched on 18 January 2013, after months of test transmissions. [1] Asian Radio, its radio sister, also began broadcasting the same day. [6] However, the radio station was later shut down. [7]
Shortly before its launch, management announced that the station's programming would include "plays, reality shows, musical programmes, talk shows, cartoons etc." [1] It started broadcasting the Bengali dub of Japanese anime series Doraemon in April 2014. [8] Afsan Chowdhury, advisory editor for the Dhaka Courier, described the channel as politically independent, and wrote that it "markets low end entertainment products". [9]
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Country | Bangladesh |
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Broadcast area | Nationwide |
Headquarters | Niketan, Gulshan-1, Dhaka |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Bengali |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for SDTV sets) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Asian Group of Industries |
History | |
Launched | 18 January 2013 |
Links | |
Website |
www |
Asian TV ( Bengali: এশিয়ান টিভি) is a Bangladeshi Bengali language satellite and cable television channel owned by the Asian Group of Industries. It began broadcasts on 18 January 2013, with the "Your Channel" slogan. [1] It broadcasts a selection of general entertainment programming.
Asian TV was formed by businessman Harun-ur-Rashid, as part of his Asian Group of Industries, which also includes Asian Radio, Asian Textile, Asian Fabrics, and Asian Yarn Dyeing. [2] The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission granted the channel a license to broadcast in June 2011. [3] [4] The logo of Asian TV was unveiled at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel in Dhaka on 20 June 2012. [5] It launched on 18 January 2013, after months of test transmissions. [1] Asian Radio, its radio sister, also began broadcasting the same day. [6] However, the radio station was later shut down. [7]
Shortly before its launch, management announced that the station's programming would include "plays, reality shows, musical programmes, talk shows, cartoons etc." [1] It started broadcasting the Bengali dub of Japanese anime series Doraemon in April 2014. [8] Afsan Chowdhury, advisory editor for the Dhaka Courier, described the channel as politically independent, and wrote that it "markets low end entertainment products". [9]